Viromics2026: Access to Draco

Draco is a high-performance cluster created and maintained by the Universitätsrechenzentrum (URZ). It is available for members of Thuringian Universities.

Getting into Draco

Terminal or ssh client

You will require a terminal or an ssh client to access Draco, which is a remote server.

Linux and MacOS

Lucky! You already have a terminal integrated into the OS. You can use this or can also use VSCode (see below).

Windows

Please switch to either a Linux or MacOS…

Just joking! You can either install the Windows Subystem for Linux (WSL) or VScode (recommended)

Instructions for WSL

Instructions for installing Visual Studio Code

Adding a ssh remote server to VSCode

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Then put in your password and you are in!